Some creative questions.

[readingredhead]

I don't care if you have five minutes or five hours -- answer these questions for me and I will love you forever.

By which I mean to say: I'm trying to figure out the dynamics of my story and I need a little help, possibly a few suggestions, so it would be awesome if I could get even a few seconds of your advice.

1. Why might a witch curse you to be a werewolf at the age of 15? Because of something you actively did wrong, or just because she didn't like you? How bad of a thing would you have to do?

2. If your son was cursed to be a werewolf, and you were the only other living person who knew about it, what would you do? How would you act around him?

3. What might make a 15-year-old boy hate his father?

Comments

[bluephoenix8807.livejournal.com]

1. Any number of things. She could have been in a really awful mood, seen him walk by harmlessly, and curse him just because she could and she was mad. Or she could be paranoid about him for whatever reason that might be, valid or invalid.

2. I would try to treat him normally, but would make sure to stay away (or arrange for him to be away) when the full moon comes.

3. Stern, overly-conservative attitudes; [verbal] abuse, neglect, witnessing the father abuse his mother or siblings...

If I may add something to #1, I would like to say that being a werewolf might not be a curse. Think about it: if you've ever desperately wanted the ability to hurt, or the ability to scare and provoke, you'd have it as a werewolf. You could threaten your worst enemies with the possibility of biting them and dragging them down to your own state (which might not be lower). Plus, the only thing in the world that could kill you would be a silver bullet. I think that could be very appealing to a 15 year-old boy who sees his life going completely down the drain. He might ask the witch to make him a werewolf.

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

Oh wow...I'd never thought of that before! I mean, that whole bit about *wanting* to be a werewolf. That's good -- that's *really* good. I might have to use that now! I think I do have to use that now. Because I could see this guy being like that when he was fifteen...